this is the wu is coming to you live from burning could this be a turning point in the korean nuclear standoff president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un agreed to hold the first ever u.s. north korea summit pyongyang office to put its nuclear program on the negotiating table if the right conditions are met also on the show despite international condemnation president tromp of moves ahead with talent of some foreign steel and out of minium he says he's talking in assault on the u.s. but could the spark

a trade war. and jim the social democrats announce who's getting top posts in chancellor angela merkel's new coalition government key among them a foreign minister largely untested in international diplomacy. but unwelcome cheema well leaders have been responding to a potential breakthrough in the nuclear standoff with north korea german chancellor angela merkel spoke just a short while ago she gave a cautious welcome to the prospect of a summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong il and here's what she said . this is my hopeful smile colas a glimmer of hope it needs work because of course really seeing a deescalation would be wonderful because for all of us the nuclearization of north korea has been a grave concern. in. so that was chancellor angela

merkel of germany no other key players in the north korean nuclear crisis have also weighed in china urged the two countries to find a political solution russia court the fullest ever plans talks between the leaders of the u.s. and north korea a step in the right direction and it was south korea that dippy has to have convinced trump and kim to soften their war of words and embrace diplomacy. this is the man doing the running between p.r. nyang and washington d.c. and he's failing reached a major milestone. by poor president president thought that no meeting north korea kim jong un. is committed to. kim pledged that north korea really do train from any for the nuclear. tests but he stressed this that even if the new president from that's on as

possible it is a sentiment shared by the u.s. president who confirmed that a meeting is being planned. for historic breakthrough comes after south korean negotiators held talks in pyongyang on monday it was here they learned that denuclearization was on the menu is. far from giving up their bombs in recent years north korea has been ratcheting up its missile program and the threats. fired back with warnings of annihilation and insults for kim jong. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. on the front lines of this conflict the capitals of the korean peninsula relief and distrust so it is good news now everything is heading the right way you know that judging from kim jong

un's character i don't think he will give weapons easily the love i see on the part i can't believe either of them i don't know what's in trump's head and i'm doubtful he is serious about this meeting a lot of. details are still being worked tired tone when and where exactly trump will come face to face with his a valued enemy. and for more let me join in fosdike adi's an honorary senior research fellow in modern korea needs university in the u.k. welcome even on the face of it it seems like an unprecedented breakthrough oh i am optimistic all skeptical but i always try to be optimistic but there are many reasons to be skeptical the good first i mean we weren't in a good place where were you for months and months now over north korea we had the war of words for you had the endless north korean missile and nuclear tests that's at least is now on hold it's been on hold for the chiang winter olympics that was

the first breakthrough now on hold while in the run up at least to this summit which if indeed it happens will be at the end of may that's a little good it means that things are less tense in the immediate but everything else like what they will talk about who will concede i'm pretty good to us because i mean it's very hard to see the way forward that direct negotiation is something the north has sought for years and something the u.s. says it is this is it for just as long and the move by north korean leader kim jong un even court that u.s. chief diplomat to by surprise this was have a listen to that. or is it. her. very. well soul. health. bill. so rex tillerson speaking there now even if trump taking a huge risk by meeting or agreeing to meet that kim jong il and yes he is in the

clip you just played with could summarize some of my misgivings which i think a quite widely shared that will say well of us won't want peace and hope that they won't they will trump is sarah repulsive it seems that the state department whose job if i remember rightly is to to foreign policy for the united states was kept out of the loop that that's quite extraordinary and yet she is taking the risk the north koreans will have a very expert people if they've been a consistent state despite three changes of lead director of course in that case over thirty s. trump who doesn't read he doesn't get briefed he doesn't know anything about korean history much will depend on who what special advisor he gets i mean he hasn't appointed a number of the south korea one could go on so it's i mean i think kim jong un really holds the advantage in this one basic a sort of his base has been has been running this whole process very skillfully now what if the question is north korea if they think to denuclearize them what does he

own gun one hundred ten. yes i think we have to on packet all messages that you know very severe to qualify pledging to denuclearize as always you have to read the small print it's the end of a very long process and for that matter a summit should have been the end of a long process not the beginning north korea's conditions as there are little things like. that being a threat against it what does that mean the end of the us south korea alliance that withdrawal of u.s. troops from south korea in the past the north koreans have been quite candid about that they're obviously not playing a laptop at the moment so anybody who thinks and hopefully president trump doesn't think that he's going to find you know here ok here's my bottom you know you can have it out here a minute nothing could be further from the truth i think you're basically disappointed and then what will you do right in false account at leeds university great to have you with us and thank you for your analysis my flocka thank you they

used to create official has said brussels is aiming for an exemption from the u.s. president donald trump's new trade tariffs that's off the trump signed new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports ranging from ten to twenty five percent trump says the penalties on needed to address unfair trade and to boost the u.s. economy but the u.s. business leaders and prominent members of his own republican party have warned he's courting economic disaster with the move it sparking fears that an all out creep poll let me get the view from europe with our correspondent in brussels tensions terry that use hoping to get an exemption from these new tabs how realistic is that expectation. we don't know yet the e.u. is being very optimistic one might even say euphemistic about this idea though they seem to think that because europe wasn't mentioned. for getting an exemption yesterday that there's still hope that it will. canada and mexico were of course

announced immediately when the still tariffs were announced yesterday by president trump but europe says that it will get more details tomorrow when the u.s. trade rep is in town robert lighthouse will be meeting with european commission trade commissioner cecilia mom's term and she says she's going to seek clarification on just what europe's fate is under the steel tariffs and the tritton to retaliate in case if it doesn't get these. exemptions earlier this week this is what it said then heading to what some kind of a trade will european commission vice president get if you kept on and repeated that threat today he said they're very much hoping to head off further tension to head off the imposition of the tariffs with negotiations but that it's not europe doesn't have a choice but to protect its own industry and to do so through w t o rules which would allow what they call a rebalancing and allow europe to put taxes on some american products they've

mentioned peanut butter bourbon levi's orange juice a couple of other things but they don't want that to happen as a vice president. says we don't want the tariffs but we don't want a trade war and we won't accept one so there they are still hoping that talks can change president trump's mind. in brussels thank you very much. let me now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the bond the red cross says an aid convoys ended syria's isn't huta area after being delayed for days by fighting but they are reports that as strikes have resumed close to buy supplies were being delivered. at least nine people are reported dead after an explosion of on the stands capital kabul police say they believe a suicide bomb like kind up the blast in the minority shia area the so-called islamic state clinton response ability for the attack in a statement online tibetan protest to scuffled with police outside the chinese

embassy in the indian capital delhi the demonstrators were trying to enter the embassy headed for tibetan national holiday tomorrow china claims tibet as its territory but india tolerates a small tibet and government in exile. here in germany the social democrats have announced the names of the six ministers from their party who joined. the coalition government three women and three men will take up posts heading up the foreign ministries as well as labor justice family and environment or life should also be the finance minister and vice chancellor. well joining me now is our political correspondent nina nina so first of all i mean we have the six nominees now from the s.p.d. how well do you think they'll work which owns them eccles conservatives in the new coalition government well the s.p.d. the social democrats have appointed a mix an interesting mix of experienced people and fresh faces so three of them

three of those ministers here who were appointed today have an experience in working together with angola machall as ministers because we mustn't forget that of course the past eight four eight of the past twelve years the social democrats have been in a government together with america also three of the people who were appointed today have an experience as ministers with uncle mechelle and three are completely new people so it'll be you know an experience right and now they've appointed or nominated i call must the former justice minister as the new foreign minister not key comes in at a difficult time with a trade war looming between the us and europe as well as germany tell us about him and his experience as an interesting character he was a pretty unsuccessful regional politician until. soon former

foreign minister appointed him to become justice minister has served as justice minister he has cabinet experience but he lacks foreign policy experience he has zero experience that but he has an extremely good foreign office experienced members of staff that he can rely on good team and also people say don't underestimate him because in the cabinet he has challenge people like the extremely influential conservative politician and he has managed to actually criticize him publicly and so it'll be interesting to see it'll be a completely different tone to see of course. is sometimes called the anti alpha politician but maybe in these times of dominant figures on the world stage it'll be refreshing to see somebody who actually likes to negotiate rather than just push. that was the devil is the ticket correspondent nina. a new study may offer clues to

the fate of legendary aviator amelia earhart who vanished wanted tempting around the world fight with an eighty years ago researches say that tests involving bones found on a pacific island in nine hundred forty suggest the bones are likely hotz she was the first woman to cross the atlantic on a solo flight but a nine hundred thirty seven plane disappeared one over the pacific ocean. let me recap our top story for you on d.w. president donald trump the north korean leader kim jong il have agreed to hold the first ever u.s. north korea summit president trump has confirmed the plan and says great progress is being made. and donald trump is also threatened and plans to impose tad of science trading partners on steel and aluminum international reactions to that have been forming in your heart from our business days we'll have that story for you coming up shortly here watching the dow good news coming to you live from berlin.

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